Car-roof.



T. N. RUSSELL.

CAR RGOF.

APPLICATiuN msu SEPT. l. |914.

Patented May 28,191.8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS NATHAN RUSSELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 CHICAGO-CLEVELAND UAR, ROOFING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

CABfROOF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed September 1, 1914. Serial No. 859,676

To all whom 'it may Concern:

13e it known that I, Tnoams NATHAN RUS- SELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improveuu-nt in Car-Roofs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to outside metal roofs for railway ears, and has for its principal objects to improve the strength and rigidity of the roof frame; also the attachment for movably confiningr the main or fiat portions of the eaves ends of the roof sheets` whereby the joint incident thereto made proof against leakage and minor accidents; and also to improve the construction and 'functions of the seam clip whereby the roof sheet seam is confined.

The invention consists in the parts and combinations thereof hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood I have shown in the accompanying drawings means for carrying the same into practical effect, without limiting my improvements, in their useful applications, to the particular construction which, for the purpose of example, I have delineated. In the said drawings Fieure 1 is a transverse vertical section, showing one half of a car root' embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a portion of the same.

Fig. S is a vertical transverse sei-tion of the same, showing the eaves portion of the roof and supporting frame parts on a larger scale.

Fig.v 4 is an outside end View of the carline, the Z-side plat/:e being shown in dotted lines. L

Fig. 5 isn detail vertical section transversely of the ear showingr the use of pur lin, and the construction of the side seam which united the roof sheets.

Referring to the drawings, 4 in'di fates the sido plate of Z-bar forni in cross` section, having a top inner horizontal flange 1, a vertical wel: 2 and an outer bottom horizon tal flange 3. Alis the ridge pole, and 5 the cai-lines. the latter being ol' Z-bar form in cross sci-tion having a, top horizontal flange t3. a vel-tical web 'l and u bottom horizontal flange 8. Each carlino extends preferably across the car, from side plate, to Side plate,

and is attached to the ridge pole by a bolt 9, passing up through the flange 8 of' the earline. At its outer end the flange (i passes under the flange 1 of the side plate and is attached thereto by one or more rivets 10, the web 7 is bent parallel with the web of the side plate and is attached thereto by one or more rivets 11, and the fiange 8 abuts the said web 2 of the side plate. To accommodate this construction the carline flanges 6 and 8 are cut. ofl` flush with the inner face of the side plate web and the web 7 is bent described.

12 is a wood filier carried by the carline and arranged to support the top sheathing 13. This ilh'r may rest on the bottom flange S of the carliue and he attached by bolts 1.4 to its weh i". At ite ridge end the filler abuts the ridge pole 4.

15 a wood filler fitted to the top of the top side plate flange 1., and attached thereto by bolts 16, the filler being recessed at 17 for the heads of the bolts. and the latter passing preferably also through the top web of the carline. The filler is also recessed along its outer edge at 18 to receive the eaves strip 19.

20 indicates posts or braces which rise from the car siils (not shown) and support the Zside plates. The said posts are or may be of Z-har forni in cross section, having an inner flange. 21 arranged Hlongitudiually of the ear. an outwardly extending web 2:2, and an outer longitudinal flange 'The flange Zi is cut ofi' to ahnt the 'under side of the bottom side plate Bange :5, the web 22 is bent parallel with `said flange and attached theret0 by a rivet 24, and the Bange Q3 is bent inwardly parallel with the flange 3 and attached thereto by a rivet 25. So far as are concerned other features of my invention, the posts .20 may be of U-form in cross section, having their outer longitudinal web out ofi' to abut the under side of the fiange 3 and their two outwardly extending webs bent forward and rearward respectively, parallel with the under side of the Range 3 and attached thereto by rivets similar to the rivet M.

The side shouting is shown at 26, consisting ol' matched hou rdsl arranged horizontally across the inner faces of. the flanges 21 and secured tht-,Tete by bolts 27, the said Sheathing extending up far enough to lap the inner side of the side piate web Q.

2H is the eide fascia filled on the outer eide of the web 2 and the outer edge of the filler 15, and extending up to about the, level of' the bottom of' the reees 18. Attal-hed to the inner Side of; the fascia is the vertical flange 29 of the eaves atrili lil. pre'l'eraliliY hy'naile` 30. After the faseia is applied as tlewrilietlt and so that the bottom flange ill and the hook flange 32 of' the eaves .elriii are pron erly located in the recess 1S, it i `sei-unal in place hy bolts 258, whieh pas to the inner Side of the web 2 and preferably through the bent end ol' the earline neil 7.

34 indicates the root' sheets heut al their transverse edges to inlerloek and forni up'Y standing seams 35i. 'lheyl are alho lient aty the ridge end to forni a huitahle ridge .want 3U, and at their einen ende are lient under to form hook flangev 3T which interlock with and under the hoolt' flange r: of the eaves` strip.

38 is an. eaves flashing ineloeing the upper part of the fascia and formed with an inwardly extending flange 39 which entere` the recess 18, over the bottom flange 31 and under the hook flange 37 and between the said fianges. The flashing is attached to the outer side of the fascia hy nails 40, and is also overlaid by the Shanks of the roof sheet seam clins 41.

The Said clips 41 are malleable castings formed with a top inward projection -lzi which extends over the seam and confines the same from upward dieplaeeineutv At the plane of the roof the e i pe are formedv with two inwardly extending projections or fingers 43 which lie immediately at the sides of the seam 35 and confine it, and also hold the roof sheets down on the top sheathing. Between the projection 42 and the fingers 43 the elip is formed at its slidee` with openings 44: which extend outward past the eaves end of the seam 35, thereby allowing free escape of cinders and duet, and moisture, which would otherwise aecumulate and cause the rotting of the roof sheets in proximity to the clips. The. outer partis of the fingers 43 are also elevated above the flashing 38 sie as to leave forward and rearward `openings 45, for the saine pur- -pose with respect to the fiashing. These eaves connections reduce not only a very strong and secure ut a very durable roof". The outer part of the clip 41 is extended downward. alongr the outer eide of' the fascia end ofthe flashing 25H, in the forni of' widelyI .separated frontJ and rear legs; Llf Whlrh are perforated for seeuring bolts, and nails '47.`

For Ihie purpohe the. holle lll are or may he reed. The fipaue het neen the legs l0 is: extended upward alioi'el the top ol' the flashing :la o ae to provide an escape opening t direetetl laterally outward and coperatingnilh the openings 'l1 and 45 for the de` ,eerilied purpoe.

'lhe Aeaid nood llleil 1? on its inner edge may luateh and inlei'lorh with the top he.ithing as l hown. and it eonl'nies the top sheathing. and is eonlined h r the fascia.

ll' the top lieatl|in;^ boards. are lo run transfer-ely nl lle ear the filler hareI l2 may he replaeetl h one or more purlinsl 4l), as seen in Fig. :3.

what l elaini ie:

l. In an onlaide nieta] rar roof, in eolnhination: eide platt I'oinied of' Z-liars havingr inwardly extending Iopllanges7 vertical wells and outwardly extending bottoin flanges; earlines ea rried h v and beneath the Said inwardly extending flanges; top Fheathing rarried lry the earlines; a wooden filler bar fitted and aeenred on the top flange of the side plate and eonfining the outer edge of the top sheathing; a side fascia attached to the vertical weh of the side plate and extending up and confining the outer edge of the aid filler har; and` roof sheets extending over the top sheathing and the said filler liar, aulmlauliall)r as specified. i

A roof' sheet seam clip for car roofs, formed with a top inwardly extending projeetion to eonfine the top of the seam, inwardly extending fingers to engage on the top of the roof Sheet. at the .sides of the seam, and with front and rear openings at the outer ends of the said projection and fingers, and with widely separated front and rear legs adapted to be attached to the Side of the car and having between theln a space exytended upward to near the top of the clip;

substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I allix niy signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS NATHAN RUSSIIJL. Witnesses:

R. (l. DUnnnY,

Hen nr Love CLARKE. 

